National Resistance Brigades كتائب المقاومة الوطنية | |
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Also known as | Omar Al-Qasim Forces Arabic: قوات الشهيد عمر القاسم, lit. 'Forces of the Martyr Omar Al-Qasim'[1] |
Founding leader | Nayef Hawatmeh |
Leaders | Abu Khaled |
Foundation | 1969 |
Dates of operation | 1969–present |
Country | Palestine |
Allegiance | Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine |
Motives | Establishing an independent secular state on Historic Palestine, or Palestinian state with the pre-1967 borders. |
Headquarters | Gaza Strip |
Ideology | |
Status | Active |
Allies | State allies: Iran Syria (until 2024) Non-state allies: Al-Qassam Brigades Al-Quds Brigades Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades Hezbollah Jihad Jibril Brigades |
Opponents | Israel |
Battles and wars | War of Attrition Black September Lebanese Civil War First Intifada Second Intifada Gaza War (2008–2009) 2012 Gaza conflict 2014 Gaza war 2021 Conflict 2023 Israel–Hamas war |
The National Resistance Brigades (Arabic: كتائب المقاومة الوطنية, romanized: Katāʼib al-Muqāwamah al-Waṭanīyah), also known as Martyr Omar Al-Qassem Forces,[4] (Arabic: قوات الشهيد عمر القاسم)[5] are the military wing of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine, which operates in Gaza[6] and conducts guerilla warfare.[7] Abu Khaled is one of its commanders.[8]
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